ZCZC NFDSPENES ALL SPENES KSZ000- . SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 05/25/08 2316Z SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678 LATEST DATA USED: G12 2210Z CK . LOCATION...KANSAS... . ATTN WFOS...ICT...DDC... ATTN RFCS...MBRFC...ABRFC... . EVENT...CELL TRAINING/MERGERS S OF HYS...2-3" ESTIMATED . SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...CELL TRAINING AND MERGERS HAVE BEEN FOCUSED OVER JUST S OF HYS..OVER S ELLIS AND RUSH COUNTIES. AUTOMATED STLT ESTIMATES INDICATE 2" OR RAIN FOR THIS AREA. MANUAL STLT ESTIMATING TECHNIQUE SUGGESTS HIGHER TOTAL..CLOSER TO 3". . LATEST IMAGERY THRU 2310Z SHOWS BACKBUILDING IS OCCURRING JUST SW OF RUSH.. OVER NESS COUNTY. OVERSHOOTING TOPS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER ERN NESS.. WITH CLOUD TOP TEMPS DOWN TO -72C. RAINFALL RATES BTWN 1-1.5" IN THE PAST HF HR ARE SUGGESTED BY RAPID INTENSIFICATION AND MERGERS OVER NESS COUNTY. . ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 2-3" ARE LIKELY OVER NESS AND RUSH COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HRS. . SEE NCEP HPC DISCUSSION AND QPF/S FOR FORECAST. ....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF 12 PLANET.... . SSD/SAB WEB ADDRESS FOR PRECIP ESTIMATES: HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/PCPN/ ...ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /PS/PCPN/ . LAT...LON 3883 9987 3882 9879 3832 9912 3819 9998 . NNNN